Chapter 138 : To Pershion Kingdom (3) (1/2)
‘Hroan as he stared at the scenery around hi froht
Haggard and dried out corpses frequented the sides of the road that the caravan band was passing through, and the ses they someti upfor food whenever they saw the caravan was a frequent event, and the assaults by thieves and bandits continued endlessly
‘The food shortage will continue until the autuh the mysterious and sudden drop in the crop harvest would i next year, it simply wasn’t possible for the Istel citizens’ situation to i
‘Next year and the year after that I have to create a footing in the Istel Kingdo of the Istel Kingdo of the fardo out the faro, as clearance goods
However, there was no one in the Istel Kingdom that had the rooms to purchase them
No, even if there was someone, there was no one ould purchase the useless lands that wouldn’t grow anything even if one planted the seeds
In the end, the Istel Kingdoners to purchase the farms
But, not as a co lease
Its situation was desperate enough to fall to such means in order to secure a source of revenue
But despite so, the number of people who stepped up to purchase the lands were a minority
Even the outsiders believed that the Istel Kingdom’s lands were abandoned by, and cursed by a God
‘We will lease those very lands wholesale’
At the moment, the price had already fallen as far as it could fall
Although othersit as a foolish act, it mattered not to Roan
It was because he knew that the fertility would rise once again starting next year
At that moment
“We can see Ceres Castle!”
The ed man at the lead shouted aloud
At the end of the extensive road, an awesorand castle appeared
‘That is the very capital of the Istel Kingdoulped
Including both the last life and the current life, it was a place he was visiting for the first time
The size of the Ceres Castle was stupendous
It seedodoer than our kingdodoth upon its astronorain yields
Currently, even its national strength had become low as that crop yields fell
Meanwhile, the caravan’s lead had reached the first sentries and carainsentries asked with slightly elated faces
Clay opened the wagon’s door and answered while poking only his head out
“Yes We brought plenty of all kinds of grains”
As soon as he spoke those words, the sentries waved their hands and shouted
“Pass! The crop ate!”
A hint of desperation could be felt from his voice
Not anywhere else but the very capital’s inspection was relaxed like so
It was a situation where even the capital’s sentries left the questions for later and passed if one was a grain merchant
Clay lowered his head deeply to bow and then closed the wagon’s door
“It’s the grain s!”
When they entered the castle, the residents flocked up like a swarm of bees
But unlike other the people of other villages, they didn’t unwarrantedly touch the goods nor block the road
They were sis
“Ho ht?”
“Is there rains would be spread plentiful enough so that the price of the food would fall
Roan merely showed a bitter sh the aht is quite a lot, there’s no way that the price of food would drop because of it’
There was the fact that the foods were sireater reason was in fact the black dorain rain supply
At the sarains at a fixed price to stop the price of the grains fro to leave an even bigger profit, this dom weren’t attractive
Due to that, black doht an explosive inflation of grain prices, and by the tih countless merchants and were sold to the citizens, an incredible price that no one could possibly purchase was attached
Although the Istel Kingdom had labored extensively to curb the black reat nu tirains refused to fall below a certain price and continuously soared, and the ordinary citizens holding empty stomachs becae profit, using the black rainthe proper grain ht now to leave an impression of the Charity Trust as a fair and trustworthy co of this and that, the caravan band arrived at the grain ate
“What er glanced at the grain carts and asked
With a cheerful smile, Clay showed the company license
“It’s Charity Trust”
The , then waved his hand
“Calculate the quantity!”
The an to count the nus
While that went on, the otiated the price
No, in truth it was otiate in na the predetermined price
“Okay Let us sell it at that price”
Clay nodded his head without much conteer made a little surprised expression
It was because he was the first rains without any coood that the work could be done quickly”
Thecheerily, and handed it to Clay
It was because he orried that he would perhaps change his htfully checked the docuned at one side of the bottos were ht to one side of the ht?”
“With this much, usually the merchants would sell it at the black st thes
Roan too chis like them
That was, from anyone’s eyes, look of a company laborer without a doubt
Thanks to that, there was no one who suspected Roan
Once the transaction was finished, the caravan group, including Roan and Clay, headed towards the outskirts of the capital
They rented out an old inn a whole
Because there was quite a large nu suspicious
“Although we sold theer profit than we expected”
“That must mean that the food situation is that bad”
Roan made a bitter smile at Clay’s words and shook his head
‘It looks like they raised the purchasing price of the grains since the food situation isn’t good and because of the black h it was an unavoidable choice, the Treasury will soon reach the bottorains like this’
Even without that, the Istel Kingdo an incredible amount of war remuneration due to repeated wars and losses
While Roan was thinking of various thoughts, Clay asked with a careful voice
“My lord, ht now, the Istel Kingdom’s farmlands have coardless of what kind of crop seed we plant”
Clay, who thought of hi than others, was very pessimistic of the work this ti away dorain trade would be h they wouldn’t be able to buy a large amount since the price of the land was simply too expensive, at least the chance of crop failure wascheerfully
“Don’t worry My eyes are without fault The Istel Kingdo next year”
His voice was full of certainty
“If my lord says so, then it must be”
“I simply follow my lord’s orders”
Harrison and Brian didn’t hold questions anymore
But
“Hmm”
A look of restlessness was still plain on Clay’s face
He wanted to check for a clear evidence and reason
But even so, he couldn’t just push and corner Roan
“Since the price of the far loss even if a problem possibly arise”
It was a comment with the failure in mind
Roan faintly smiled and simply nodded his head
“Sure, just think of it that way”
At those words, Clay slightly lowered his head
“Then, I will personally go out to purchase the far tohtly replied
For four days starting too purchase the farms
After that, they would entrust the works to the real merchants who cao over to the Pershi+on Kingdo their identities once more
Roan looked around at everyone and spoke in a quiet voice
“We are currently no different than in a hostile nation All of you keep your heads straight and make sure not to make a mistake”
“Yes, understood”
All of them answered in one voice and lowered their heads
Roan inhaled deeply as he looked at that sight